Featured on Grand Designs in September 2016, the Treehouse garnered much interest for its beautiful cantilevered structure, its low environmental impact and for the romanticism of living in a ‘treehouse’.

“The scheme has a very committed approach to sustainability making a concerted effort to reuse as many particle components as possible, while still producing very good architecture.”Matthew Wells, Galvanizing Awards Judge

Millar + Howard Workshop wanted to design a structure that was distinct from the trees yet complimented their form, textures and patterns, a building that differed from a typical treehouse.

Millar + Howard Workshop – Sustainability Award Winner

Keen not to recreate a woodsman’s hut or a chalet, they drew inspiration from projects like the Juvet Landscape Hotel in Norway.

By proposing a design that highly contrasted with its surroundings but didn’t distract from them, they allowed the building to become part of the wood and the shadows that the trees create.